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To the choir director. Of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song on the day when Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul, and he said: Compare
18:1I love You, O Jehovah, my strength. Compare
18:2Jehovah is my crag and my fortress and my Deliverer; / My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; / My shield and the horn of my salvation, my high retreat. Compare
18:3I called upon Jehovah, who is worthy of praise, And from my enemies I was saved. Compare
18:4The cords of death encompassed me; / And the torrents of destruction assailed me. Compare
18:5The cords of Sheol surrounded me; / The snares of death confronted me. Compare
18:6In my distress I called upon Jehovah / And cried out to my God. / He heard my voice from His temple, / And my cry before Him came to His ears. Compare
18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, / And the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook about, / For He was furious. Compare
18:8Smoke went up from His nostrils, / And fire from His mouth devoured; / Coals blazed forth from Him. Compare
18:9He bowed the heavens and descended, / And deep darkness was under His feet. Compare
18:10He rode upon a cherub and did fly; / He darted upon the wings of the wind. Compare
18:11He made darkness His hiding place, His pavilion around Him: / Dark waterclouds, thick clouds of the skies. Compare
18:12Out of the brightness before Him there broke through His clouds / Hail and fiery coals. Compare
18:13Then Jehovah thundered in heaven, / And the Most High uttered His voice. Compare
18:14And He sent forth His arrows and scattered my enemies; / And He shot forth lightning bolts and discomfited them. Compare
18:15The channels of the sea were seen, / And the foundations of the habitable land were laid bare / At Your rebuke, O Jehovah, / At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. Compare
18:16He reached forth from on high; He took me; / He drew me out of great waters. Compare
18:17He delivered me from my strong enemy / And from those who hate me, for they were too mighty for me. Compare
18:18They confronted me in the day of my calamity, / But Jehovah became my support. Compare
18:19He brought me forth to a place broad and free; / He rescued me, for He took delight in me. Compare
18:20Jehovah has recompensed me according to my righteousness; / According to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me. Compare
18:21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah / And have not acted wickedly by turning away from my God. Compare
18:22For all His judgments were before me, / And I did not turn His statutes away from me. Compare
18:23I was perfect toward Him, / And I kept myself from my iniquity. Compare
18:24Therefore Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, / According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight. Compare
18:25With the faithful You show Yourself faithful, / With a perfect man You show Yourself perfect, Compare
18:26With the pure You show Yourself pure, / And with the perverse You show Yourself contrary. Compare
18:27For it is You who save the afflicted people, / But the haughty eyes You bring down; Compare
18:28For it is You who light my lamp; / Jehovah my God lights up my darkness; Compare
18:29For by You I can run up against a troop; / Indeed by my God I can leap over a wall. Compare
18:30As for God - His way is perfect; / The word of Jehovah is tried. / He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. Compare
18:31For who is God other than Jehovah, / And who is a rock but our God? Compare
18:32The God who girds me with strength / And makes my way perfect, Compare
18:33Who makes my feet like hinds' feet / And sets me on my high places, Compare
18:34Who teaches my hands to wage war / So that my arms may bend a bronze bow. Compare
18:35And You have given me the shield of Your salvation, / And Your right hand supports me; / And Your condescending gentleness has made me great. Compare
18:36You have broadened the places of my steps under me, / And my feet have not slipped. Compare
18:37I pursued my enemies and overtook them, / And I did not turn back until they were consumed. Compare
18:38I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise up; / They fell under my feet. Compare
18:39And You girded me with strength for war; / You brought down under me those who rose up against me. Compare
18:40You also made my enemies turn their back to me, / And I annihilated those who hated me. Compare
18:41They cried out, but there was no one to save them; / They cried out to Jehovah, but He did not answer them. Compare
18:42Then I beat them like dust before the wind; / Like the mud of the streets I pounded them. Compare
18:43You rescued me from the strivings of the people; / You have made me the head of the nations; / A people whom I had not known serves me. Compare
18:44At the mere hearing of a report, they obey me; / Foreigners come cringing to me; Compare
18:45Foreigners are discouraged / And come quaking out of their fortresses. Compare
18:46Jehovah lives; and blessed be my rock, / And exalted be the God of my salvation, Compare
18:47The God who executes vengeance for me / And subdues peoples under me, Compare
18:48Who rescues me from my enemies. / Indeed You exalted me above those who rise up against me; / From the violent man You delivered me. Compare
18:49Therefore I give thanks to You among the nations, O Jehovah; / And I will sing psalms to Your name. Compare
18:50It is He who magnifies salvation to His king / And executes lovingkindness to His anointed, / To David and to his seed forever. Compare

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